This evening I will be heading back to nottingham for a couple of days to do some filming and photo shoots up there. It started off as a trip home with one potential shoot. Now it's looking more like two days of solid work, but it will be really good to get the bulk of the filming done this week so I can get on with the tricky, and ultimately far more important job of the post production. It is really in the editing that I will be able to set the tone of the film and make it what it is. I also have to return the Edirol I borrowed (along with everything else) from Nottingham Trent University. I will still be in need of an audio recorder to do the voice over, as well as a good voice over actor. If anyone has an Edirol, or indeed a good clear voiceover voice they want to lend/give to me for a bit then please make yourself known? It would be much appreciated, I could pay you with a beverage of your choice but not much else I'm afraid.
After filming James today I have been busy playing around with the post production tools looking at what I've captured so far and messing around with the ways in which I can doctor the footage. For me this is really where I see the work starting to come together. This whole piece is about playing with people's preconceptions of authenticity and originality, so it's in the post production that I have to make the footage appear authentic, I have to give it a sense of origin. It is this provenance that is key to how well the piece will work so it's crucial tha I get it right and don't over-cook it.
In addition to this however I have one eye constantly on planning the next step. I find it very easy to become absorbed and as a result I sometimes drop the ball on something else and don't realise until later. I can't really afford to with this project so I am having to constantly remind myself of what is left to be done in order to get everything I want into the film.
phew. right I'd better do some actual work.
PS. Sorry there are no images to acompany this post, I do have some great stills from the video footage, however I've also run into technical problems this week in that my wireless adaptor isn't working. Thus I am using an arcane laptop which just refuses to talk to my PC. The troubles of technology!
